Thanksgiving Day is an important holiday in the US. It is __41the fourth Thursday of November. This year is

on November 25.

The __42_____ Thanksgiving Day was in December of 1621. About 100 English people ____43______ a ship, the

Mayflower. They went to a place named Plymouth, in the44of the United States. The winter there was very cold.45, the American Indians helped them a lot. The English people invited the American Indians to have a big meal to thank them for all of 46help. It lasted (持续 ) for three days.

Today, people usually have a family meal on Thanksgiving. They enjoy delicious food such as pumpkins, corn and a big 47. The meal lasts for a whole afternoon.

The 48part of Thanksgiving is to say “ thanks” ----This is the spirit (精神 ) of the holiday. People

49like to watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade (游行 ) on TV 50play American football.

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V 阅读理解A

An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He looked after his flowers all the time, watering and fertilizing(给……施肥 ) them.One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining (想象) how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly( 突然 ) he found the old gardener was blind. He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers. Why are you busy taking care of them every day?”

The old man smiled and said, “I can tell you why. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. Third I can smell the sweetness(甜蜜) of them. As to the last one, that’s you.”

“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.

“Yeah, it’s true that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels (天使) that everybody knows. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.

() 51. What was the old man’s job when he was young?

A He was a doctor.B He was a gardener.C He was a driverD He was a teacher

() 52.The young man was surprised that _____________________.

A he found how beautiful the flowers were.B he could live in such a beautiful place

C the old was blind but he planted so many nice flowers.

D the old man was so old, but he could grow flowers.

() 53 What does the underlined word“smell “ mean?

A 感觉B 触摸C 闻，嗅D 品尝

() 54 The old man gave the young man ___________.

A four reasons.B many flowersC some adviceD three ideas.

() 55. After reading, we learn that _______.

A the old man didn’t like the young man.B the young man wanted to learn how to grow flowers

C the young man knew the old man couldn’t see all the time. D the old man was a very kind person

B 阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容回答所提出的问题

Which country in the world is the best to live in? According to (根据 )a UN list, it is Norway (挪威 ). The list shows the health and happiness of people in a country. The UN started to make this list 20 years ago.

The year, the UN put Norway, Australia, and New Zealand at the top of the list. Niger and Zimbabwe are the bottom(底部 ). On the whole, Western countries top the list and African countries fall behind. China came in at No89 on the list.

According to a UN report about the list, Japanese people live the longest: 83.4 years on average (平均). People in Afghanistan have the shortest lives – 44.6 years. People in Liechtenstein are the richest. They, on average, make about $81,011(537,400 yuan) a year. People in Zimbabwe make only $176 ( 1,170 yuan).

“ What we find is that the world is much better off than it was 40 years ago,” said Jeni Klugman, one of the researchers(研究员)。

56． What does the list show?

57. When did the UN start to make this list?

58. Where is China on the list?

59 How long do Japanese people live on average?

60 Is the world the same as it was 40 years ago?

C 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成句子：

Thirty-five years ago, Bill Gates went to Harvard University at the age of 18, but he soon found that he lost interest in studying law. He often spent many nights in front of the school’s computer and the next day slept in class.

Two years later, Bill Gates left Harvard University. He started the Microsoft Company with his friend Paul Allen in 1975. Now Microsoft is the world’s biggest software (软件)company. About 90% of computers run on Microsoft Windows. Gates topped the list of the richest man in the world for 13 years until 2007. Recently(最近 ) Gates gave all his money to his charity (慈善机构)。

All his $58,000,000,000 will go to The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Their foundation is to help with health and education project around the world. After retiring from Microsoft in 2008, Gates spends most of his time on the charity programs.

The Gates’ foundation is the world’s biggest charity foundation. Now they spend quite a lot of money in fighting against AIDS (艾滋病 ) in Africa.

61. Bill Gates became _________ of Harvard University at the age of 18.

62. Gates started the Microsoft Company when he was __________________.

63. Now Microsoft ____________________________ any other software company in the world.

64. Gates gave all of ___________________________ to his charity.

65. After retiring from Microsoft, Gates is _____________ with the charity programs.